Miller v. Easy Day Studios Pty. Ltd. ( 2020 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ZACHARY MILLER, an individual, Case No. 20cv2187-LAB-DEB 11 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING EX PARTE 12 APPLICATION FOR EXTENSION v. OF TIME TO RESPOND TO INITIAL 13 COMPLAINT EASY DAY STUDIOS PTY LTD, an 14 Australian proprietary limited company; REVERB 15 COMMUNICATIONS, INC., a 16 California corporation; and DOES 1- 25 INCLUSIVE, 17 Defendants. 18 19 Defendant Easy Day Studios Pty Ltd filed an Ex Parte Application for 20 Extension of Time to Respond to Initial Complaint. The Court has considered 21 the Application, Plaintiff’s Response in Opposition, and the exhibits 22 submitted in support of each. In light of Easy Day’s appearance in this matter, 23 the “strong policy underlying the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure favoring 24 decisions on the merits,” Eitel v. McCool, 782 F.2d 1470, 1472 (9th Cir. 25 1986), and the likelihood that default proceedings would impede, rather than 26 promote, “the just, speedy, and inexpensive determination of [this] action,” 27 Fed. R. Civ. P. 1, the Court finds good cause for the requested extension. The Application is GRANTED. Easy Day may respond to the Complaint on 2|| or before January 27, 2021. 3 IT IS SO ORDERED. 4 5|| DATED: December 30, 2020 (aug 4 □ Zuni 6 Hon. Larry A. Burns Chief United States District Judge 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28